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to F rance (1833-5). He wrote a cele- 

 "System of Penal Law" (1833). Died 1836 



1 YI' 1>a \ ld ; V at BUmtyii/Sr Lanark- 

 . He worked during childliood ami youth in 

 a cotton mill; was sent to South Africa by theLondon 

 Society in 1840; 



to 

 -- to 



M find 



"rT- ,'*Y VV '*"* *i*"^, \\rni lo Kii^luiul in 



published "Missionary Travels" <ls:>7); re- 

 to Africa as consul at QuiUmane i n is;,s ; ex- 

 te country north of the Zambesi (1858-64). 

 '.akes Shirwa and Nyassa, and in 1865 

 -:;-.- j- " "Narrative" of the journey; undertook 

 third expedition in 1866, and spent theremairfde? of 

 fi^J, tK * VOnng ascertam whether the Nile flowed 

 from the water-system west of Lake Tanganyika. In 

 November, 1871, he was found by Stanley at Ujiji He 

 died of dysentary at the village of Ilala, 1879 

 ,n j '''* or Titus Livius, was born at Patavhim 

 (Padua), in the north of Italy, 59 B. C He was the 

 most eminent of the Roman historians, distinguished 

 ,i ani . matl n of his narrative and for the purity of 

 nis style, though not for the reliableness of his historical 

 tits. His ''History of Rome" was written partly 

 at Rome and partly at Naples, under the patronage of 

 the Emperor Augustus It consisted originally of 142 

 books; but of these only thirty-five have come down to 

 us and some of these in a very imperfect state. Of all 

 but two, however we possess fragments, with short epi- 

 from another hand. The "History" (or, as it 

 was cajled by its author, "The Annals of the Roman 

 Pnd^wHh th gll )f W K /T^ foundation of the city, and 

 IP Fm ' T-K f ^ I i ru ? us> the y ou nger brother of 



the Emperor Tiberius, 9 B. C. He died, 17 A. D. 



Locke, John, an English philosopher- born in 

 JV rmgton, in Somersetshire in 1632. He was educated at 

 Westminster and Christ Church College, Oxford. When 

 rpllnr h'o *A ^h^bury was appointed lord chan- 

 ce lor, he made Locke secretary of presentations, and at 

 a later period, secretary to the Board of Trade. Asa 

 Philosopher, Locke stands at the head of what is called 

 i t o1v2 e " S T ati0nal S ^ 00 lr in England. His greatest work 

 is the Essay on the Human Understanding," in which 

 he endeavors to show that all our ideas are derived 

 n m n e n XP T e t n( ; e v: is, through the senses, and reflec- 



tion on what they reveal to us. He is best known to 

 M m th p 08 r 8 the u- Ut u hor ? f a Peculiar constitution for 

 North Carolina, which included orders of nobility etc 

 it was never put m operation. He died in 1704 ' 



Lockwood, Belva Ann Bennett, lawyer; born in 

 Royalton, N Y., October, 24, 1830; daughter of Lewis 

 2? ^ Han T na l <--> Bennett;" graduate" 1 ' 



-loO / (A. JV1., 



School and graduated in 1875, receiving the degree of 

 LL. B.; was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1S76 in the 

 same yea, - ls7.i -received the degree of Ph .fa r m 

 arvan I n,vrr,,.y tor his thes.s on "The Land Law of 

 the An-lo->a\oMs ; profess,,,,,, that of literature- Ins 

 uti. i77. Life and Letters of George Cabot"; 

 H,^ n r *K. English. Colonies in Amer- 



, "Life 



WSK^^^^^!^ 



V" c (in the Historic Town- ; 



_ the Longmans); 1892, "Historical and 



Essays, and a volume of selections from 

 speeches; 1895, in conjunction with Theodore Roosevel 

 Hero Tales from American History"; 1x117 "Certain 

 Accepted Heroes^" and Other Eeaaysj" is<>x, "Story of 

 the Kevolution," two volumes; 1899, "Story of the 

 lS58^AP J- " ^ Fi * htin Friwte, and Other LSys ; 

 t *u rontier Town, am 1 ( >t her Ivssays ; " is a member 

 of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of the Virginia 

 Historical Society, of the American Academy of Arts 



fn,l?i cl Q nc - e V th , e ?t w E "- la " (l Hiatprip and QeneS 

 ogical Society, and of the American Antiquarian Society 

 and has received the degree of doctor of laws from 

 J\ ilhains College, Clark University, Yale University, and 

 university; was permanent chairman of the 

 Republican National Convention which met m Phil-i 

 r "hiT JUne f \l 19 p : .S 1 -' f the Committee on 

 IQfU ! r- f the Re P ubllt ' a n National Convention of 



1904 at Chicago; was a member of the Commission on 

 rVl 8 nf n f b t , undar y aPP9'nted by President Roosevelt; 



gent ot the Smithsonian Institution during service in 

 the House of Representatives, and appointed regent 

 again in 1905; served two terms as member of the House 

 ii Representatives of the Massachusetts Legislature was 

 e ect^l t tt 6 5 ih \ 5 ' ls h f % d ' and 53d Congresses; was 



1905 Senate, 1893, and reflected in 1899 and 



r^ ^?* J ac QUCS, professor of physiology University 

 o California, since 1902; born in dermanyfXpri 7 1859; 

 graduate of Ascamsches Gymnasium, Berlin; studied 

 eaicme at Berlin, Munich and (graduate M. D.) Strass- 

 purg 1884. State examiner, Strassburg, 1885; assistant 

 ^physiology, University of Wurzl)iir K 7 1886-88; same; 



iSn le o'o 1889 7 9 1 x associate in biology, lirvn Mawr! 

 1891-92; assistant professor of physiology and exneri 

 mental biology ;. 1892-95;. associate profeS 1895-1 90()" 

 ! 'TI o'Hpii !K)() "" 02 ' University of (;hi. aKO . Author: 



BllOtrODISm of Ammnla an< l J 1>s I ( l o ,ititvr with the 



uvitvn > -L acus 



University, 18/1); taught school, 1857-68. Worked 

 for and secured passage by Congress of bill giving women 

 m 



g .| ~ ~^ "*-fe*vx^owi Ulll glVHI^ WUII1KI 



- of the government equal pay for equal work, 

 t R I" /^hmgton; graduate of National 

 bar- < J>MV : a c drnit ^, d to Di ?trict of Columbia 



gBJKies eta, ^Qr^^ss^s 



^ ^bPPn II' 8/ ' : - alsoto U .n'ted S.at.-s Court, ,f Chums; 



Sore fl",,it).Ts', ,' n < iany lm /." )rt;uit law t>ase s- several 

 eiore United Mates Supreme Court; for years identified 

 ^claims of North Carolina Cheroke^e Indians vs 

 s; now has bill before Congress to remove 



. ,jrs from Cherokee Nation; was one of attorneys 



in probate of will of Myra Clarke Gairies. Took a course 

 ?8Qn CtU ^ eS ' V niv ersity Extension, in Oxford, EnSamL 

 i90. Prominent in temperance, peace, and woman' 

 vements; nominated, is.si and ] sss |, v 

 J arty for president of United States; 

 >y State Department to represent United' 

 as of Chanties and Corrections, Geneva 



Fa^Viorof^e^rciCL^Ss'SuSi;;;;.':!,.,!;^ 



equal property rights for women and e<,ual guardianship 

 ot their children in District of Columbia Fleeted I-,, 

 uary 18 ; 1901, president of Woman's National pVes," 

 Association; president of District of Columbia Woman 



uffrage Association; secretary of American branch 

 international peace bureau; lecturer. Writer on, ea' .! 

 and arbitration and on political and social sub ec ts ' 

 has prepared amendments to Statehood bill before Con- 

 gress, granting suffrage to women in Oklahoma Arizona 

 and New Mexico. ' Anzona - 



I^dffe, Henry Cabot, author, statesman, was born 

 m Boston Mass., May 12, 1850; receivedTa private 

 school and collegiate education; was graduated from 

 Harvard College in 1871; studied law at Harvard Law 



Hnnt, 11 . 1 -' 1 ,^ ;U1( < 'fntty with the 

 Hehotropism of Plants," "PhysioloKical Morphology," 

 Comparative Physiology of the Brain and Comparative 

 Psychology," "Studies in General Physiology " Also 

 enoge, 



..vl Ll i th u r ' law ,y er - author; born in Penn- 



sylvania 1861. Author: "Madam Butterfly," "Miss 

 Cherry Blossom of Tokyo," "The Fox- Woman," "The 

 nCe "' 10n ' Naughty Nan '" "Heimweh, and 



Lonsjrellow, Henry Wadsworth, an American poet- 

 born in Portland. Maine, February 27, 1807; was grad- 

 uated at Bowdoin College. While at college he dis- 

 tmguished himself m the study of modern languages 

 and published some short poems. In 1826 he accepted 

 the professorship of modern languages at Bowdoin, being 

 allowed three years to prepare himself for the post by 

 Btudy and travel m Europe. He was elected to the 

 chair of modern languages and literature in Harvard 

 Jniversity After spending another year in Europe 

 .studying Scandinavian languages and literature, he 

 entered on his professorship in 1836. In 1839 he pub- 



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Standish ; m isr,:{ "TaleB of a Wayside Inn"; in 1871 

 the Divine rraedy''; i,. 1x71 "The Hanging of the 

 Vc ne n u e ***&*** llls Chair at Harvard in 1854. In 

 1868-69 he again traveled in Europe, and received 

 the degree of LL D. and D. C. I,, from the Universities 

 M Uambndge and Oxford, respectively. His poems are 

 qually popular on both sides of the Atlantic. He dfed 

 n Cambridge, Mass., March 24, 1882. 



Lorimcr, George Horace, editor-in-chief of "Satur- 

 dav Evening Post " s.nce March 17. 1,SJ!>; born in Louis- 

 ville, K.y October 6 1868; educate,! at Mosely High 

 School, Chicago; college course at Colby and Yale- 

 <' ."Vv, . L 5' tter From a Self-Made Merchant to His 

 oon, id Gorgon Graham." 



Lotze, Rudolf Hermann (Ito'ae), a German philoso- 

 pher; born m Bautzen, Saxony, May 21, 1817. He 

 ranks among the first of metaphysicians, and has given 

 impulse to the recent development of physiological 



